diff --git a/app/controllers/recruiter_controller.rb b/app/controllers/recruiter_controller.rb
index 0b51426..a6d05c8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/recruiter_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/recruiter_controller.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@ class RecruiterController < ApplicationController
 
   def new
     @candidate = Candidate.new
+    render :form
   end
 
   def create
+    @candidate = Candidate.create(candidate_params.merge(recruiter_id: current_recruiter.id))
+
+    if @candidate.persisted?
+      redirect_to recruiter_path, flash: { notice: "Sucessfully created candidate #{@candidate.name}" }
+    else
+      flash[:error] = "Failed to save Candidate."
+      render :form
+    end
   end
 
   def login
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index de6be79..4c7737c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
+  def experience_options val
+    options_for_select([
+                         ["Please Select", ""],
+                         ["0-3 Years", "0-3"],
+                         ["4-6 Years", "4-6"],
+                         ["7-9 Years", "7-9"],
+                         ["10-14 Years", "10-14"],
+                         ["15+ Years", "15+"]
+                       ], disabled: "-", selected: (val.blank? ? '' : val))
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/candidate.rb b/app/models/candidate.rb
index 482864a..b219635 100644
--- a/app/models/candidate.rb
+++ b/app/models/candidate.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ class Candidate < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :answers
   belongs_to :recruiter, class_name: "User"
 
-  before_create :generate_test_hash
+  before_validation(:generate_test_hash, on: :create)
 
+  validates_presence_of :name
+  validates_presence_of :email
+  validates_presence_of :experience
   validates_presence_of :recruiter_id
-  validates_presence_of :test_hash
-  validates_uniqueness_of :test_hash
+  validates :email, uniqueness: true, presence: true, email_format: true
+  validates :test_hash, uniqueness: true, presence: true
 
   def submitted_answers
     answers.where(submitted: true)
diff --git a/app/validators/email_format_validator.rb b/app/validators/email_format_validator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc2ec71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/validators/email_format_validator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class EmailFormatValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
+  def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
+    # EMAIL regex test
+    # (comma seperated) [any word combo] AT [any word combo] DOT [2 or more]
+    # me@no.yes.x == invalid
+    # some.thing+two@sub.domain.name == valid
+
+    results = value.to_s.split(',').map do |v|
+      (v.strip =~ /^([\w\.%\+\-]+)@([\w\-]+\.)+([\w]{2,})$/i) || v.strip.blank?
+    end
+
+    if results.include?(false)
+      record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || "is not formatted properly: #{value}")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/recruiter/form.html.erb b/app/views/recruiter/form.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0b7029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/recruiter/form.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<main class="intro_tpl">
+  <h1>New Candidate</h1>
+
+  <% if flash[:error].present? %>
+    <div class="error">
+      <%= flash[:error] %>
+      <% @candidate.errors.messages.each do |k,v| %>
+        <p><%= "#{k}: #{v}" %></p>
+      <% end %>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+
+  <%= form_for @candidate, url: create_candidate_path do |form| %>
+    <div class="form-group">
+      <%= form.label :name %>
+      <%= form.text_field :name %>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="form-group">
+      <%= form.label :email %>
+      <%= form.email_field :email %>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="form-group">
+      <%= form.label :experience %>
+      <%= form.select :experience, experience_options(@candidate.experience), include_blank: false %>
+    </div>
+
+    <%= form.hidden_field :quiz_id, { value: Quiz.first.to_i } %>
+    <%= submit_tag "Login" %>
+  <% end %>
+</main>
diff --git a/app/views/recruiter/new.html.erb b/app/views/recruiter/new.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6afd6ab..0000000
--- a/app/views/recruiter/new.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<h1>Create new candidate</h1>
-
diff --git a/test/controllers/recruiter_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/recruiter_controller_test.rb
index e3bfe7f..da5d5f6 100644
--- a/test/controllers/recruiter_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/recruiter_controller_test.rb
@@ -53,4 +53,15 @@ class RecruiterControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     get create_candidate_url
     assert_response :success
   end
+
+  test "should create new candidate" do
+    # recruiter = users(:recruiter)
+    setup_auth
+    assert_difference("Candidate.count") do
+      post create_candidate_path, params: { candidate:
+        { name: 'new name', email: 'test@mailinator.com', experience: '0-3', quiz_id: quizzes(:fed).id } }
+    end
+    assert_redirected_to recruiter_path
+    assert flash[:notice]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/models/candidate_test.rb b/test/models/candidate_test.rb
index 85798b8..112f8ef 100644
--- a/test/models/candidate_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/candidate_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
 class CandidateTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  # test "the truth" do
-  #   assert true
-  # end
+  test "test_hash is auto generated" do
+    candidate = Candidate.create(name: 'new name',
+                                 email: 'test@mailinator.com',
+                                 experience: '0-3',
+                                 quiz_id: quizzes(:fed).id)
+
+    assert candidate.test_hash.present?
+  end
 end